Plotting, how can I stop fill hiding the tickmarks?

I'm making a complex plot, and using the fill command to create a patchy background for the plot.

But I don''t seem to be able to do it in a way that retains the tick marks. They always get covered by the filled area.

Here is an example:

figure;

X = 0:20;
Y = sin( X/10 );
plot( X, Y, 'ko' );
hold on;

Xfill = [ 10 20 20 10 10];
Yfill = [-1 -1 1 1 -1];

axf = fill( Xfill, Yfill, 'w' );
uistack(axf,'bottom');

Which produces this plot.

How can I keep my tick marks (without moving them to the outside)?

Answer 1

[Matt J]

X = 0:20;
Y = sin(X/10);
plot(X, Y, 'ko'); hold on;

% Draw white patch (e.g., to "highlight" a region)
Xfill = [10 20 20 10 10];
Yfill = [-1 -1 1 1 -1];
h = fill(Xfill, Yfill, 'w');  % Opaque white patch

% Send patch to bottom so axes ticks/labels are on top
uistack(h, 'bottom');

set(gca, 'Layer', 'top');          % Ensures ticks are drawn on top
xticks(0:2:20)  

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[dormant]

Many thanks